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Not a happy camper. Bought one new on jan 29, received on Feb 1, tried first time that friday 3rd. Started having problems right away. Call Garrett on monday the 6th, lady told me since i just bought she would mark it to be replaced. Sent to the the same day. They received on the 9th. I called them the following week to find out they were repairing the pinpointer. I got it in the mail yesterday the 17. Not happy to find the pinpointer with the SAME PROBLEM. Now i have the price of the pinpointer and shipping to them to repair this pinpointer that i cant use. Now i have to call them again monday, would like to have money refunded for pinpointer and shipping. Hope this wont be a problem to. Tom

you're the first i've heard of having this much trouble with the Garrett Pro Pointer. much less two in a row. unless garrett mailed the old one back cause they couldn't find a problem. maybe if you discribe the problem someone on the forum may already know the solution.

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Problem is when you get in the hole moving around in the dirt pinpointer goes off slightly constantly, i remove from hole and put next to the ground anywhere and it does the same thing. If i leave on and unscrew batt cap then screw it back on its seems okay until i turn it on again. They sent me back the same pinpointer, the repair paper says they repaired the battery clips. Before i sent in when this problem started i could pull out of the hole and touch it on my body anywhere and it would go off with a little pressure against me. Hope to get a refund to possibly get a inline probe. Tom

The Pointer cannott be touching dirt or any metal object (rings on fingers count too) when you turn it on...Where are you located, and what type of soil are you hunting in?
What detector are you using, as they may be near the same frequency and cross talking...

It will sound off in a dug hole if you turned it on holding it in the air when first turning it on away from metal. It is picking up minerals in the soil below the top inches of ground. To fix that, turn the Pro Pointer off, stick in the hole at the botton, hold it still and turn it on. It has just been retuned to handle the mineralization in the soil. Now pushing it against yourself will cause it to sound off. Two things happen. One, is that you are putting pressure on the transducer on the tip of the pointer, and too much pressure will in fact set it off. Mine has always done that. If you put that same amount of pressure on some of the cheaper units available, they will break. Trust me....I have had many. The other issue with pushing it against your skin is that your blood contains iron (hemoglobin) in the red blood cells. Too much iron of course can set off the Pro Pointer. It's supposed to do that. Even my PI detector can pick that up.

So I am not sure if in fact your electronic pinpointer was faulty. But do contact Garrett, they should look after you. Good luck. I hope you get your issues reolved.

I understand the minerals in the ground but when it starts acting up i remove it from the hole, leave it on and remove the battery cap then screw it back on it turns back on then i put it back in the hole and its okay. I had one of these before and never had this problem. Also found out i'm 30% bionic so that explains the pinpointer going off on me. Tom

Bad coil! Mine did the same thing. The one I got back works better than my original one I sent back. I bet I had the problem from day one with my original. Garrett will make it right. Super customer service